Mother charged with child endangerment, neglect Four children ages 6 to 13 have been removed and placed in foster care after they were found living in a Rosemount house with unsafe and unclean conditions on Aug. 7. Their mother, Ramona Murphy, 38, has been charged with two gross misdemeanors of chil...Read More

A Lakeville man who allegedly fled police in his vehicle didn’t have a lot of open road for a getaway. Anthony J. Ewing, 29, was charged with a felony last week in connection with a police pursuit that began and ended on the practice driving track at Dakota County Technical College. According to t...Read More

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man who was found dead on Sept. 29 inside a shed east of the intersection of 146th Street and Burnley Avenue in Rosemount. The man is identified as light skinned, approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with long...Read More

The Hennepin County medical examiner is conducting an autopsy on a body that was found in Rosemount at approximately 12:15 p.m. Monday inside a railroad shed near the east of the intersection of 146th Street and Burnley Avenue along the railroad tracks. Police Chief Mitchell Scott said it is believe...Read More

An Apple Valley man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly fled a traffic stop when the officer informed him his vehicle was going to be searched. Matthew H. Freeman, 31, was booked into the Dakota County Jail following the early-morning Aug. 14 traffic stop at Pilot Knob Road near Diamon...Read More

Group allegedly used thousands of stolen identities to steal cellphones and tablets worth millions A 42-year-old Apple Valley man was indicted in U.S. Federal Court today on charges that he led a Twin Cities-based criminal organization that trafficked million of dollars worth of stolen and fraudulen...Read More

A 19-year-old Northfield man was sentenced to nearly a year in jail after he pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct today in Dakota County District Court. Michael Lyle Stucky Jr. was also ordered to pay a $50 fine, to serve 15 years of probation, to comply with sex offe...Read More